The plan to stabilize Pakistan with Benazir Bhutto abruptly ended with her assassination. But the plan was fantastically flawed to begin with. By Joel Hilliker

The headlines this week about a new "gay" infection were dramatic. FLESH-EATING BUG SPREADS AMONG GAYS, said one Australian newspaper, referring to a study about an antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection affecting homosexual men in San Francisco and other American cities.